The presence of Nigerians in Italy dates back to the 1980s.
Numbers
In 2021, there are 119,435 immigrants from
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
in Italy. In 2014 in Italy there are 71,158 regular immigrants from Nigeria, while In 2006 there were 37,733. The three cities with most number of Nigerians are:
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
, Rome and
Padua
Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...
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But many Nigerians also reside on the island of Sicily.
Nigerians in Italy
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Destiny Udogie
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Eddy Wata
Eddy Wata (born 3 March 1976) is a Nigerian Eurodance artist. He is most popular with his dance tunes "I Love My People", "My Dream" and "Jam".
Biography
Eddy Wata was born in Benin City Edo State Nigeria and began to play with a battery-operat ...
(1974), singer
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Emeka Jude Ugali (1982),
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
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Stephen Makinwa
Stephen Ayodele Makinwa (born 26 July 1983) is a retired Nigerian Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. Makinwa also played for the Nigeria national football team, Nigerian national tea ...
(1983), footballer
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Osarimen Giulio Ebagua (1986), footballer
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Angelo Ogbonna
Obinze Angelo Ogbonna (; born 23 May 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club West Ham United.
Ogbonna signed for Torino in 2002, having previously been a member of Nuova Cassino's youth set-up. Ogbonna m ...
(1988), footballer
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Victor Osimhen
Victor James Osimhen (born 29 December 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Napoli and the Nigeria national team.
Born in Nigeria, Osimhen began his senior career in Germany at VfL Wolfsburg in 2017. Fol ...
(1998), footballer
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Stefano Okaka
Stefano Chuka Okaka (; born 9 August 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Istanbul Basaksehir.
He began his career at Roma, debuting shortly after his 16th birthday and being loaned to several other teams f ...
(1989), footballer
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Joel Obi
Joel Chukwuma Obi (born 22 May 1991), known as Joel Obi, is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Nigeria national team.
Club career Inter
After winning the "Allievi Nazionali" Under-17 championship in 2008 und ...
(1991), footballer
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Nicolao Dumitru
Nicolao Manuel Dumitru Cardoso (born 12 October 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Israeli Premier League club Bnei Sakhnin. Mainly a left winger, he can also play as a forward.
Club career
Early career
Dumitru started ...
(1991), footballer
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Paola Egonu
Paola Ogechi Egonu (born 18 December 1998) is an Italian volleyball player. She plays for Turkish volleyball club VakıfBank S.K. and was part of the Italy women's national volleyball team until 2022 when she is considering leaving from the team a ...
(1998), volleyball player
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Adeleke Adebowale Julius (1985), Engineer
See also
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Senegalese people in Italy
References
Notes
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nigerian people In Italy
African diaspora in Italy
Ethnic groups in Italy